S M Krishna

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The former external affairs minister left the Congress party and joined the BJP earlier this year in what some Congress leaders claimed was an attempt to protect his son-in-law's businesses from being targeted by tax and other authorities.

After staying away from the launch of the Congress campaign in Karnataka,former external affairs minister and chief minister S M Krishna

The Congress also attempted to put in stringent guidelines like the rejection of candidates who lost by more than 20,000 votes in the 2008 polls as well as restricting tickets to multiple family members.